A photo and note from Fattoria dei Barbi owner and winemaker Stefano Cinelli Colombini’s Facebook this week. The colors of fall in Montalcino are as magical as ever! This is the Pinzina vineyard at Fattoria dei Barbi. It’s a sea of gold. Despite the recent rainfall, the leaves are still on the vines. And here … Continue reading
There was a lot of response to yesterday’s post “Subzoning doesn’t work in Montalcino. Here’s why” by Fattoria dei Barbi owner and winemaker Stefano Cinelli Colombini. One reader, Andrea Fassone, a leading east-coast importer of Italian wines in the U.S., responded with this comment: Why did they map Barolo and Barbaresco then? you have different … Continue reading
You can see Sangiovese’s gold across all of Montalcino! In the background in the photo, you can also see another vineyard that’s located at the same elevation. But the color is different. According to fanciful subzone-lovers, who are armed with their little multi-colored maps and their written-in-stone certitudes, it’s the same subzone. But according to … Continue reading
Above: Montalcino in late September, a few weeks before the Brunello harvest begin. Photo by Stefano Cinelli Colombini. “Despite extreme weather,” writes leading American wine critic Elin McCoy for Bloomberg, “2019 is a ‘perfect storm’ vintage for wine.” Click here to read her 2019 vintage report for Bloomberg, including notes from Stefano Cinelli Colombini on … Continue reading
Click to register for “Birth of a Brunello” events, tours, and tastings this weekend. The Sangiovese harvest has begun in Montalcino: This weekend, Fattoria dei Barbi owner and winemaker Stefano Cinelli Colombini will be hosting tastings of the newly pressed wines and guests will experience the “Birth of a Brunello” (see link above for details). … Continue reading
The Fattoria Dei Barbi in Montalcino invites you to an extraordinary event: the “Birth of a Brunello” on Saturday, October 5 and Sunday, October 6. Guests will enter the cellar during racking, when the fermentation finishes and the winemaker tastes the new wine for the first time. Guided groups of visitors will be get to … Continue reading
That’s the Vigna del Roccolo at Fattoria dei Barbi in Montalcino, a photo taken not long after we had passed through the vineyard to drop some of the fruit. We had already dropped fruit in this vineyard a month ago and now only the best bunches remain. We’ll leave them there until they’ve achieved full … Continue reading
